LOL love the reference photo wreck! Let's see, they either took it to a bakery, where the baker took one look at it and said to himself, "There's no way I can do that, so I'm just sticking on this cake. Here we go, this should be the right size." *grabs scissors* *snip snip snip* "there. PERFECT."

Or more likely, the cake buyer went to a bakery, found out how much said cake would cost (or maybe they confessed their lack of skills to reproduce it)

so the cake buyer looked at the cake, shrugged, and grabbed a cake out of the Carvel case to slap the picture on. *snip snip snip* "There, PERFECT."

meanwhile, when did Apple make poo brown computers with itty bitty keyboards?

and that scary raging ball of "fur" (which has no face except the Halloween vampire fangs and tongue in that vicious little mouth)--is really freaking me out.

yet amazingly, the fur on the tail is so smooth...how unusual for a cat whose hair is standing up.

love the "Frenchified" spelling of the word "go" (geaux?? seriously? that's not evena verbal spelling! that's a plural masculin suffix (not to mention a suspiciously made up word.)

WoW = Worlds of Warcraft? Huh. around here, there are WOW bumper stickers but I'm told it's because a local radio station has a "Whip it out Wednesday" bit on their show.

now THOSE would make some interesting wrecks! (shield your eyes, kids!)

wv: siefigma. what that poor freaked out cat is suffering from. either that or a hallucinatory effect these cakes have on viewer who try to figure them out or get freaked out by them. (a siefigma of my imagination....)

Somebody help me with the last one. I'm having trouble discerning what is happening there. Is it a WoW photograph just plopped onto a white cake with sprinkles? Plus, does it not completely fill said white cake? Odd...I'm guessing the cat cake must be in New Orleans because they root for the football team with signs say "Geaux Saints." Or else, somebody somewhere stole the idea....and thought that was a good thing.

Did you know that for a french speaker `Geaux Tigers` can actually read 'Go Tigers', which seemed to be the original intention.You really need to go multi-cultural to obtain such a wreck. Does it come from Quebec, by any chances ?

The reason people print it "Geaux Tigers" is because the Cajun influence in Lousiana has produced a lot of names that end in "eaux" but sound like "o". Think Boudreaux, Thibodeaux, etc.

The difference between the "eaux" suffix in Cajun culture and "eau" suffix in French language doesn't seem to have a definite origin, but it's some kind of offshoot. So it's a French-type spelling, but exclusive to the Cajun regions.

So saying "Geaux Tigers!" is a way of supporting the team and infusing some local flair into the phrase.

I'm sure this will have been said many times in yet-to-be moderated comments, but WoW is right. That's the most egregious abuse of the term "reference photo" I could think of. I find it hard to believe that the wreckerator referred to it in any way when choosing the white fluffy base, the coloured sprinkles, or even the orientation of the printout. Did they LOOK at it?

wv: pyling, as in "Pyling icing around the edge of a photo does not constitute custom cake decorating."

I love the paws and teeth on the Tiger cake. He reminds me of the Foo Dog or Dragon in Chinese mythology. He often has these lovely colors and fierce expresson - but maybe a bit more "together". I don't know how to say "geau tigers" in Chinese. Norine

My impression of the second wreck is that it has a mane. Possibly the wreckerator does not know the difference between lions and tigers and also believes tiger fur has a camouflage pattern -- the kind of camouflage that would blend in with a well used fraternity house shag carpet.

WV soidium: In New Joisey the doctor tells them to watch their soidium.

"Geaux Tigers" (aka "Go Tigers") is an LSU slogan for those that were wondering. Louisiana has a lot of French influence in its culture, so I figure the spelling has to do with that. But that thing looks more like those red/orange head-tossing creatures from the David Bowie movie "Labyrinth"...but maybe that's just me :)

To answer all the questions about "geaux" (i am the submitter)... i live in southern LA where Cajun French is common, and many last names end in 'eaux' (pronounced 'o')... so therefore, it's a common play on words to say "Geaux -----!" to support the local team, in this case, LSU. And, as Jennifer noted, somewhere, an LSU fan IS crying...

So they ordered a cake for a 12 year old boy who offered himself as prey to save his little sister's life and the bakery gave them that travesty? It should be thrown with great force in the decorator's face. Pathetic!

That second cake looks like an alien is about to burst forth from it.. shrieks and gets the flame gun lol. I can't even imagine that first one is a cake. I suspect they put frosting on a laptop computer and ran away laughing.. it looks like poo with an apple on it.

All things considered, I'm surprised "Geaux" is spelled correctly (it is)! You half expect it to say "Tirges" or something like that.

To answer Jo's question, "meanwhile, when did Apple make poo brown computers with itty bitty keyboards?" They haven't yet. That cake is based on a prototype that an Apple employee left in a bar. It will be on the market in about 4 months and look EXACTLY like that! I'm already camped out at the Apple Store!

The WoW cake looks like it came from Dairy Queen. In my family, that's the only kind of cake we get for birthdays. Anyone who's ordered a cake from DQ knows that, if it isn't one of the designs from their catalog, you're probably going to get the photo image - custom cake design is not their forte'...

I bet the WOW cake was a $28 grocery store deal because a cake with that much detail, would be over $100+ at a "good" bakery. I paid $45 for my daughter's 1st birthday cake, 20 years ago! It was adorable, and delicious, but expensive!! Sometimes you get what you pay for and if they paid for the $100 cake and got that, they deserve a refund!

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